http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556 My 8 yr old has been on singulair since May. I never put two and two together until reading these posts. He has been having anxiety at night..crying and looking terrified saying he can't stop the scary thoughts in his head. Tonight I felt so bad for him. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:50:45 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13331 yyes this was our experiance with this drug,. It only gets worse till you stop,we had 3 and a half years of pure hell,the asthma got no worse by not taking it in fact after the first 10 days off it got better.good luck visit www.parentsforsafety.org ty http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13331 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:54:31 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13332 I just reread heres a little info for you,i to was new at asthma,and what ithought were asthma attacks while on this med were actually panic attacks,he thought he couldnt breath,his heart raced i thought asthma,but no it was panic http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13332 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:30:55 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13336 I know that it is frightening to take your child off of a medication that the "experts" are telling you that they need to be on. But be cautious. If your son is having side effects I would try anything other than singulair. My daughter was taking a combin http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13336 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:00:46 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13340 My son was only on this medication for one week. I would say that naturally he is a bit of a worrier. After one week of this medication he had full blown anxiety attacks, horrific nightmares, aches in his legs , anxiety causing hyperventilation, couldn't http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13340 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:02:11 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13347 Hi.I just wanted to let you know that my daughter who also takes Singulair had experienced trouble sleeping.For us the simple solution was to give her the medicine immediately before bedtime.I literally give it to her as I am saying goodnight.She hasn't ha http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13347 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:09:43 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13348 Consider taking your son to a specialist to treat his asthma. My son's new allergist said she rarely prescribes Singulair because it is not the best treatment for asthma or allergies. You can find more information on our advocacy website www.parentsforsafe http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=13348 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:39:37 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=14024 My 7 year old son was prescribed Singulair for his allergies and asthma. Shortly after being on it he started to become very anxious about the littliest things. He would worry about things he never used to worry about and he said he got very nervous to t http://www.medications.com/effect/view/35556?item=14024